MaidSafe Decentralizes the Internet, Makes It Safe and Secure
Decentralization has been the theme of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies so far. When Bitcoin was first introduced, the concept of decentralization was just confined to the currency transaction. Even though it's a peer to peer network, where miners contribute their machine's processing power, it was (and still) is being used only to verify transactions. Apart from verifying the transactions, the same shared processing power can be used for a wide range of applications. The concept of using shared computer storage and processing power has been around for a long time, even before Satoshi....
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Students from Glasgow University’s computer science wing have initiated a research and development exploratory course with Maidsafe. Academic alumni will develop with the SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) Network to create next-generation internet applications. After a Decade of R&D, University of Glasgow Students Will Explore the Maidsafe Network.....
The use of decentralized internet services like MaidSafe may prevent DDoS attacks like the one that happened recently. The recent DDoS attack on some of the major websites on the internet has renewed interests in the decentralized internet. While there are multiple initiatives concerning blockchain technology and decentralized network in development, the DDoS attack is expected to accelerate the process. The CTO of Golem, Piotr Janiuk has recently explained that by decentralizing the internet using peer to peer technology the chances of such attacks can be minimized. He believes that the....
MaidSafe has recruited over 500 developers for its up-and-coming network launch, according to a press release released Friday. MaidSafe expects to start testing the network soon–a process that will last a few months. Project SAFE (Secure Access for Everyone) has been called the “Bitcoin for data” or the “Bitcoin for the Internet.” The announcement of MaidSafe’s rapid development, after last month’s crowdsale, could be viewed as another baby step towards a decentralized Internet. The developers span “many backgrounds, nationalities and interests” and have started crafting a variety of....
If you can understand the organization of ants, you can understand MaidSafe.[1]. Alone, by itself, an ant is both vulnerable and easily marginalized. Yet when working with the rest of the colony, ants with roughly the same petite attributes can take down larger prey, clear paths and protect the mound from disasters (both natural and man-made). I spoke with David Irvine, the CEO of MaidSafe and he used this type of analogy to describe how the decentralized attributes of MaidSafe works. MaidSafe bills itself as a wholly decentralized internet wherein it acts as a decentralized storage....
The MaidSafe project announced today it has 500 developers signed up to build applications for its decentralized Internet platform. This follows the project's successful crowd sale that raised $6m in its first five hours. MaidSafe has the ambitious aim of radically decentralizing all the web services that exist today, and is working on projects that include altcoin wallets, unlimited file storage and sharing applications, a decentralized music store, secure messaging applications and a decentralized altcoin and fiat currency exchange. The idea is that these services will be free, not only....